milligram tablet of valium around 1:30 a.m. it didn t work. according to the affidavit, dr. murray injected the singer with an anti-anxiety drug. by 3:00 a.m., however, jackson was still awake, so murray told police he tried another drug, a sedative. that didn t work either. what jackson really wanted according to murray was the anesthetic propofol. murray told investigators jackson repeatedly asked for the drug that final night but insisted he repeatedly denied the singer. murray claims he was actually trying to wean jackson off of propofol at the time fearing he had formed an addiction. ed chernoff is murray s attorney. he doesn t have any specialized training in addiction recovery, that s true. who else is addicted to a drug like propofol? there s no protocol for how to wean someone off a drug like that.
the troops today, but it does bring the total for the month to 91 and there are four days yet to go. a smuggling tunnel leading from mexico right into the u.s. board agents found one end near el paso, texas, and discovered it ran under the rio grande at the other side. a hole in a drainage pipe led them to it after they arrested a teenage they are mexico. authorities say that teen was carrying about 200 pounds of marijuana. a terrifying crash led to this fireball in mad singh county, alabama. a truck rear ended car knocking it into a gas pump. the driver jumped from the car as the flames spread. no one was seriously hurt in that accident. this time last year, the nation was in shock over the sudden death of michael jackson. on the anniversary of it his father filed a wrongful death absolute against jackson s personal doctor, conrad murray. but murray s lawyer tells our ted rowlands he doesn t deserve the blame. reporter: drew, in an exclusive interview ed chernoff,
the lead tern for dr. conrad murray told us that his client was not the person that gave michael jackson a fatal overdose. dr. murray did not cause the death of michael jackson. reporter: ed chernoff says when dr. conrad murray went to work as michael jackson s personal doctor he had no idea that jackson was in chernoff s words addicted to propofol, a drug normally used to put surgical patients to sleep. murray started giving jackson the powerful drug in jackson s home. doctor after doctor gets up and says this should never be used outside a clinical setting, outside a hospital or clinic. the fact that the circumstances may be unusual may be demonstrated to be unusual does not make it egregious. that alone does not make it ee grerngs. reporter: according to the coroner s report, jackson had the same amount of propofol in his body when he died as is used for major surgery. but murray says he didn t give jackson that much propofol. there s no way that dr.
a ten milligram valium. 2 a.m. murray injects jackson with 2 milligrams of lohr razz pam another sleep aid an hour later he gives him 2 milligrams of another drug, ver said. at 5 a.m., jackson is still awake, murray gives him more lohr razz pam. at 7:30 a.m., more ver said. by 10:40 a.m. after nine hours of trying to sleep, jackson is still awake and murray gives him an iv drip of 25 milligrams of propofol. where dr. murray was from 10:40 till noon where the corps row forthey re report says he was n unresponsive is unclear. the only window of time that someone else including jackson himself could have administered the fatal dose of propofol. prosecutors say the evidence points toward conrad murray as the person responsible for the overdose, but chernoff maintains that murray had the expertise and the equipment to safely give jackson small doses of propofol
till noon where the coroner s report says he was unresponsive is unclear, the only window of time that someone else, including jackson himself, could have administered the fatal dose of propofol. prosecutors say the evidence points toward conrad murray as the person responsible for the overdose, but chernoff maintains that murray had the expertise and the equipment to safely give jackson small doses of propofol, and he says the doctor had the knowledge not to give him an overdose. whatever he did was to help, and he took the necessary precautions, and then something happened that is unexplainable. reporter: conrad murray is facing involuntary manslaughter charges. he has pled not guilty in the criminal case. the preliminary hearing is set to take place this fall. drew? cnn s ted rowlands. well, a young man who turns personal tragedies into prom dreams. meet our cnn hero when we come back.